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compare that to the pentagon and all the waste and abuse and the cost overruns in the pentagon. the fact of the matter is snap works. by the way, the average benefit is about $1.40 per person per meal. people can't live on that. that is why food banks will tell you in the middle of the month they are inundated with people because they have run out of money to buy groceries for their families. this is an effectively run program. it is constantly being reviewed. it has a very low error rate. even this administration will concede that. it is quite frankly underfunded. -- i't know how people can think the benefits are too low. we should be talking about expanding the program and making it better. this is the united states of america. we are the richest country in the history of the world. we have over 40 million people who were food insecure or hungry. i am ashamed of that fact. we ought to be able to do better. i wish we would stop beating up on poor people. i wish we would stop creating farm bill's that are cruel documents, like we did in the house. problems.olve these i don't kno
compare that to the pentagon and all the waste and abuse and the cost overruns in the pentagon. the fact of the matter is snap works. by the way, the average benefit is about $1.40 per person per meal. people can't live on that. that is why food banks will tell you in the middle of the month they are inundated with people because they have run out of money to buy groceries for their families. this is an effectively run program. it is constantly being reviewed. it has a very low error rate. even...
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we talk about a new pentagon report on china's military buildup. watch live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning, and be sure to watch monday morning as we feature a campaign 2020 discussion on six battleground states -- north carolina, florida, ohio, is constant, pennsylvania and arizona. "q&a," pamelat on constable talks about her experiences. >> sometimes people will say things that are very critical of the united states, or the west. someonemore common than saying sending offensive about being a woman or causing problems. generally speaking, speaking very broadly now, they are more helpful to a woman than a man. they can also try to take advantage of you in various ways, but generally my experience has been if they are not going to like something about you or mistrust something about you, it will not be because you are a woman, it's because you are an american. >> watch sunday night at 8:00 q&a."eastern on " ♪ >>
we talk about a new pentagon report on china's military buildup. watch live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning, and be sure to watch monday morning as we feature a campaign 2020 discussion on six battleground states -- north carolina, florida, ohio, is constant, pennsylvania and arizona. "q&a," pamelat on constable talks about her experiences. >> sometimes people will say things that are very critical of the united states, or the west. someonemore common than saying sending...
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the joint chiefs of staff are in pentagon working every day. every cabinet member is working day. i just say that to note other people are able to get their with appropriate changes and appropriate precaution. i rule nothing in or out. i look forward to listening to our colleagues. think we're capable of working the house of representatives, and i will be cautious about giving up procedures and that are 230-plus years old. madam speaker, we're here today creates er a rule that speaker pelosi's proposed select ommittee on the coronavirus pandemic. earlier this month, speaker pelosi announced she would reate this select committee conveniently ignoring that any such select committee must be established through the rules and ultimately through a vote on the house floor. yesterday, the rules committee on extremely short notice to essentially rubber stamp the action.s this was particularly egregious considering that up until right we had absolutely no details on the proposal. n the last month, the speaker gave the minority no notice of er plans, no indication of a rationale or vision, a
the joint chiefs of staff are in pentagon working every day. every cabinet member is working day. i just say that to note other people are able to get their with appropriate changes and appropriate precaution. i rule nothing in or out. i look forward to listening to our colleagues. think we're capable of working the house of representatives, and i will be cautious about giving up procedures and that are 230-plus years old. madam speaker, we're here today creates er a rule that speaker pelosi's...
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versus outside the pentagon, into other military installations? >> we conduct global operations at the department of defense. intelligence, products, informational products are shared with dod leaders and personnel globally throughout the world, whether it is a component command, in the services. th importante thing to understand about classified information, it's not just, i want to have access to it because i have clearance, it's based on need to know. that typically will grant you access if you have the appropriate clearances. >> thank you. >> thanks, pat. i'm confused on the access issue. you said there were changes that were made, but you also said you are reviewing things? can you tell us where are -- are there less peaceful -- bless people who have access to this information today -- are there less people who have accessz to this information today? >> i will not get down to numbers. reviewing lists, looking at who has a need to know, making sure that things are updated. doing due diligence on these disclosures. again, i want to emphasize th
versus outside the pentagon, into other military installations? >> we conduct global operations at the department of defense. intelligence, products, informational products are shared with dod leaders and personnel globally throughout the world, whether it is a component command, in the services. th importante thing to understand about classified information, it's not just, i want to have access to it because i have clearance, it's based on need to know. that typically will grant you...
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the pentagon papers, we have to know exactly what is going on. of massjust weapons distraction because nothing is getting done under the trump administration. we are being played. host: on tomorrow's "washington journal," we will be joined by samuel sheriff. he will be here to discuss relations. florida international cruzrsity's is a miguel cruzjose -- jose miguel and david beckwith will be here to discuss his piece in "the national review." that is all for "washington journal" today. we will be back here tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. have a great saturday. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] >> coming up next, a look at efforts to combat isis in iraq. then committee discussions about the motivations and tactics used by lone wolf terrorists. >> we have been on the road coming meeting winners of this year's studentcam documentary competition. jack, kyle and handed $1500 for their document
the pentagon papers, we have to know exactly what is going on. of massjust weapons distraction because nothing is getting done under the trump administration. we are being played. host: on tomorrow's "washington journal," we will be joined by samuel sheriff. he will be here to discuss relations. florida international cruzrsity's is a miguel cruzjose -- jose miguel and david beckwith will be here to discuss his piece in "the national review." that is all for "washington...
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caller: for the viewer, find another agency, whether it is the pentagon or any other agency, finding any other private sector industry that operates with they call insurance language, a 99% loss ratio. social security is administered with less than 1% of the costs going to the agency responsible for making sure that people get their pension payments, people get their spousal and dependent coverage and disability. this is americans number one anti-poverty program for the elderly. it is america's most popular program as well, which is why congress needs to come together and make sure that we continue to enhance this. it is not just a question of not harming social security and medicare, congress has enacted in more than 50 years to enhance the program. the program meets enhancement. your fellow americans, someone like yourself as well are going to find you will need this program in order to sustain yourself as you go forth. it is an insurance plan, not tax plan. host: have you had any early conversations with chairman jason smith about the legislation? guest: he approached me yesterday
caller: for the viewer, find another agency, whether it is the pentagon or any other agency, finding any other private sector industry that operates with they call insurance language, a 99% loss ratio. social security is administered with less than 1% of the costs going to the agency responsible for making sure that people get their pension payments, people get their spousal and dependent coverage and disability. this is americans number one anti-poverty program for the elderly. it is america's...
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join us for live coverage from new york, the pentagon and shanksville pennsylvania starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern september 11 on c-span. watch online at c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. c-spanshop.org is c-span's online store. there is a collection of c-span products. your purchase will support our nonprofit operations. go to c-spanshop.org. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more. among these other television providers. giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> pentagon press secretary john kirby and army major general hank taylor brief reporters on evacuation and security efforts in afghanistan. this is just over 40 minutes.
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that's several hundred more than the pentagon. i'm not sure the people would say for the pentagon, of all the pride we have for our sole soldiers, airmen, marines, i doubt people would say that's the model of economic efficiency. would they say the social security run by the federal government is the best investment system? would they -- pick pic a system the federal government runs and it's hardly seen as the best. we know we have a lot of dedicated employees there, oftentimes they are saddled and handcuffed by regulations. we have a system that is still after all these years, medicaid that has been around since 1960's, so fraught with inefficiency it invites waste, fraud, and abuse. it has not been revamped. an article that appeared in the "the new england journal of medicine" a couple weeks ago was saying, we've got to fix these systems first, otherwise, i go back to the art youicle, providing health care is like building a house. the task requires experts, expensive equipment and materials and a huge amount of coordination. im
that's several hundred more than the pentagon. i'm not sure the people would say for the pentagon, of all the pride we have for our sole soldiers, airmen, marines, i doubt people would say that's the model of economic efficiency. would they say the social security run by the federal government is the best investment system? would they -- pick pic a system the federal government runs and it's hardly seen as the best. we know we have a lot of dedicated employees there, oftentimes they are saddled...
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and on into the pentagon, part of the pentagon? host: when you say when they solved it, what do you mean? caller: find out exactly who did it and kill about 3000 people got killed? did they find out exactly where the flight came from, who was the cause of it? host: there was a whole commission dedicated to the work of 9/11 and the events on that day. they put a report together after many hearings, congressional hearings, which we featured here on c-span. if you want to look at those hearings, you can go to our website. if you want to read the report, it is still online. the conclusions of the commission back then. to the point about logan airport, wb ar, this article is old it says boston's logan are plainome tributes to see, but they go unnoticed to the flying public. those are american flags flying above the jetway where the planes departed. 32 honors the be flight. the neighboring toner -- terminal, it is for those who died on american airlines flight 19 -- 175. knoxville, tennessee. good morning. you are on, go ahead. caller: h
and on into the pentagon, part of the pentagon? host: when you say when they solved it, what do you mean? caller: find out exactly who did it and kill about 3000 people got killed? did they find out exactly where the flight came from, who was the cause of it? host: there was a whole commission dedicated to the work of 9/11 and the events on that day. they put a report together after many hearings, congressional hearings, which we featured here on c-span. if you want to look at those hearings,...
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have a seen the pentagon lot of vacancies left acting. we have an acting secretary to the -- of defense, and acting chief management officer. we are going to have an acting air force secretary. lower-level spots have been left vacant for a while. across the administration, there seems to be a comfort level with people acting in these roles. giving that we are 18 months out from the election, it is going to be a challenge to bring people into fill the spots. print secretary positions things that need to be confirmed by the senate? democratsd, -- senate are not looking to hand president trump theories. the armed noted that services committees tend to be bipartisan. required aattis waiver and a vote. up aesident trump puts nominee considered qualified do not think you will see a big fight for the air force. one to watch is the acting secretary of defense to see if that nomination does go through and if democrats scuttle that for political points. services armed committee chairman is a republican from oklahoma. what are his feelings about spa
have a seen the pentagon lot of vacancies left acting. we have an acting secretary to the -- of defense, and acting chief management officer. we are going to have an acting air force secretary. lower-level spots have been left vacant for a while. across the administration, there seems to be a comfort level with people acting in these roles. giving that we are 18 months out from the election, it is going to be a challenge to bring people into fill the spots. print secretary positions things that...
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the pentagon budget alone could take care of all of that. eliminate the insurance companies -- i have worked in county health care taking care of the poor all my medical career. this could be done if the people have any gumption whatsoever, any kerch whatsoever and they are concerned about the american people, eliminate the insurance companies and give toryone including -- birth death, medicare and medicaid and that will solve the problem. host: thank you for your call. this is a conversation we will continue here on c-span. part of that conversation tonight, 6:00 eastern with richard pollock on newsmakers. he is the president and ceo and repealing andt replacing the affordable care act and democrat effort to keep the health care law and he will talk about hospital costs. 6:00 eastern tonight on c-span. next chance for you to get in on the phone conversation as tomorrow morning 7:00 a.m. eastern on washington journal. time now for journalist and author mollie hemingway talking about the relationship between the trump administration and the m
the pentagon budget alone could take care of all of that. eliminate the insurance companies -- i have worked in county health care taking care of the poor all my medical career. this could be done if the people have any gumption whatsoever, any kerch whatsoever and they are concerned about the american people, eliminate the insurance companies and give toryone including -- birth death, medicare and medicaid and that will solve the problem. host: thank you for your call. this is a conversation...
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the pentagon's 9/11 commemoration ceremony will follow this program at 9:00 a.m. eastern, and we will carry that live on c-span. new york city's 9/11 commemoration ceremony will get underway at 8:46 a.m., when the first plane hit the tower. that will be live coverage on c-span 2, but we will show you the beginning of that here on this program. all of those, also, you can watch on c-span.org and c-span now, our free mobile video app. take a look at this article from usa today with a headline, how many people died in 9/11 -- firefighters, passengers, and more who died 42 years ago. this september 11 marks 22 years since the terrorist attacks on the world trade center and pentagon. an event that changed americans live forever. united airlines flight 100 75 and american airlines flight 11 departed from boston en route to california before hijackers crashed them into the north and south towers of the world trade center in new york city. american airlines flight 77 hit the pentagon, while passengers attempted to overtake knighted airlines flight 93 from hijackers before
the pentagon's 9/11 commemoration ceremony will follow this program at 9:00 a.m. eastern, and we will carry that live on c-span. new york city's 9/11 commemoration ceremony will get underway at 8:46 a.m., when the first plane hit the tower. that will be live coverage on c-span 2, but we will show you the beginning of that here on this program. all of those, also, you can watch on c-span.org and c-span now, our free mobile video app. take a look at this article from usa today with a headline,...
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he was in the reagan defense department in the pentagon. he was the person in charge of the budget for ronald reagan. he has developed a series of ideas about how to lower costs at the defense department. if you look at it, our defense department is higher on a per- capita basis than it was in the cold war. for a variety of reasons -- we have two wars that we did not have. >> the defense budget is $150 billion, but the cost of the war is $122 billion. >> it is $144 billion. >> that is the trigger you are talking about. >> and we have wars that we were not fighting two decades ago. i do think that cap has taken a position to cut the pentagon budget. they will schedule something . so we do see an area for pulling back in these times where there's a little -- there's much more fiscal austerity. he has set forward specific proposals over the last year how to reduce the pentagon budget. i think it's been an important part of the debate that heas -- that's happened over the last year. because he's had the experience of being in the pentagon, he h
he was in the reagan defense department in the pentagon. he was the person in charge of the budget for ronald reagan. he has developed a series of ideas about how to lower costs at the defense department. if you look at it, our defense department is higher on a per- capita basis than it was in the cold war. for a variety of reasons -- we have two wars that we did not have. >> the defense budget is $150 billion, but the cost of the war is $122 billion. >> it is $144 billion. >>...
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the pentagon will do what it needs to do. it will go back to congress and say, now we need the money to make up for things we spend money on the war. host: this comes from twitter. guest: that is a tough question. i do not know. once you get up to major, lieutenant colonel, you are getting close to that number. they indoor tremendous hardships and often cannot buy a home because they are a mother around so much. there are a lot of sacrifices that goes on. host: scott in woodbridge, virginia. caller: good morning. i am a former marine and a military brat. my father retired from the navy. i have a long history of active duty. i think there is misinformation going on this morning. talk about $800 billion for the wars in the middle east. we spent double that on the stimulus plan. we've just talked on to the baseline and nobody says anything. you want to talk about military being overpaid. all these lieutenant colonel sit and above. compare with those of the civilian federal military force -- volume work force, i would like to see
the pentagon will do what it needs to do. it will go back to congress and say, now we need the money to make up for things we spend money on the war. host: this comes from twitter. guest: that is a tough question. i do not know. once you get up to major, lieutenant colonel, you are getting close to that number. they indoor tremendous hardships and often cannot buy a home because they are a mother around so much. there are a lot of sacrifices that goes on. host: scott in woodbridge, virginia....
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it not only protect the pentagon budget, it increases and that billions of dollars. does anyone here believe there is not a single dollar to be saying to anywhere in the pentagon? the american people have spoken. they have made it loud and clear they want a balanced approach. they want to ask the wealthiest, most fortunate americans to pay a little bit more. it wants to protect our seniors, our children, and our most vulnerable neighbors. mr. speaker, let me say another thing about this process. i would say to my republican freshman colleagues, you rode to power on a wave of outrage over the way the house conducts its business. i would say to those freshmen, you own this now. you have officially become part of the problem if not the problem. they all take for this rule is a vote for an outrageous abuse of -- a vote for this rule is a vote for an outrageous abuse of power. they have made it fashionable not to worry about the poor, the elderly, the vulnerable. i urge my colleagues not to turn your backs on the most needy. this balance our budget in a way that does not
it not only protect the pentagon budget, it increases and that billions of dollars. does anyone here believe there is not a single dollar to be saying to anywhere in the pentagon? the american people have spoken. they have made it loud and clear they want a balanced approach. they want to ask the wealthiest, most fortunate americans to pay a little bit more. it wants to protect our seniors, our children, and our most vulnerable neighbors. mr. speaker, let me say another thing about this...
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the waste, fraud, and abuse at the pentagon, the wasteful weapon systems at the pentagon. i will tell you, i don't care what leon panetta says, there's savings to be found in the pentagon budget. we ought to go after that. we ought to make sure that donald trump pays his fair share in taxes and ought to close these corporate tax loopholes that allow corporations to get away with paying no taxes. middle income families can't do that. this is about fairness. that's what we are looking for. fairness and balance. this is a tough time. rather than following the european model which my friends seem to love of as you taret and cut, cut, cut -- and austerity and cut, cut, cut, we should invest in a robust highway bill to put people back to work, investing in education making sure our young people are compared to compete in the 21st century economy. and yes, investing in a social safety net and investing in programs that provide a circle of protection to the poor and most vulnerable. there is nothing wrong with that. we should be proud of the fact that we are a country that cares .
the waste, fraud, and abuse at the pentagon, the wasteful weapon systems at the pentagon. i will tell you, i don't care what leon panetta says, there's savings to be found in the pentagon budget. we ought to go after that. we ought to make sure that donald trump pays his fair share in taxes and ought to close these corporate tax loopholes that allow corporations to get away with paying no taxes. middle income families can't do that. this is about fairness. that's what we are looking for....
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this is an already out-of-control bloated pentagon budget. it would increase funding to $69 billion for wars that congress has never debated or voted on. once again, my republican colleagues have used off-the-book spending gimmicks to further expand the bloated pentagon budget. enough is enough, mr. speaker. instead of writing blank checks to the pentagon, congress needs to live up to its constitutional obligation to debate matters of war and peace. yesterday, i offered an amendment to sunset the 2001 and 2002 authorization to use military force after eight months of enactment. congress would have eight months to debate and vote on a new aumf before the repeal. eight months. that's plenty of time. mr. speaker, we passed the 2001 aumf within three days, mind you. last year, of course, speaker ryan -- and i say at the orders of donald trump -- undemocratically stripped our bipartisan 2001 sunset amendment when the defense appropriations bill came before us. when in the world would this body have the backbone to debate the cost and consequences
this is an already out-of-control bloated pentagon budget. it would increase funding to $69 billion for wars that congress has never debated or voted on. once again, my republican colleagues have used off-the-book spending gimmicks to further expand the bloated pentagon budget. enough is enough, mr. speaker. instead of writing blank checks to the pentagon, congress needs to live up to its constitutional obligation to debate matters of war and peace. yesterday, i offered an amendment to sunset...
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i looked right and i saw black smoke coming up on the side of the pentagon. the only thing i thought to myself was -- that is strange because it is so close to the building itself and it is also strange because it is dark smoke and not white smoke. oil.smoke is chemicals, i was curious. that seems strange and out of context. five minutes later i pulled into the raburn garage and i was stopped by the capitol police and they said -- the terrorists have struck the pentagon. and i said -- is that what i just saw five minutes ago? on they said, yes and we are lockdown. you can go into the garage and to your office and you will hear what to do. it was a very graphic introduction to a lot of events that occurred after that including learning of the deaths of so many people not only in d.c. but also new york with the twin towers as well. congress' response was to create the new homeland security committee and i tried to be on it. i had a particular interest. the jurisdiction interested me as well and that became my third committee. steve: is it working today? the com
i looked right and i saw black smoke coming up on the side of the pentagon. the only thing i thought to myself was -- that is strange because it is so close to the building itself and it is also strange because it is dark smoke and not white smoke. oil.smoke is chemicals, i was curious. that seems strange and out of context. five minutes later i pulled into the raburn garage and i was stopped by the capitol police and they said -- the terrorists have struck the pentagon. and i said -- is that...
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you know, the bureaucracy of the pentagon doesn't get the information to the states. we're trying to do this in ohio. i would do it nationally. that the veteran and their family needs to know that when that veteran is home there will be a job opening for them. here's the reason. there are many job openings in this state not filled. there are, i just saw the other day i think there's 186,000 job openings in ohio. lots of job openings. no one to fill it. the veterans, they would hire a veteran in a second. and we need to connect them. thirdly, when a veteran comes home, let's say they're in afghanistan and they drive a truck. from kabul to, you know, to anywhere in afghanistan -- to kandahar. okay? where doesn't matter. that when they come home to ohio, they want to get a c.d.l. to drive a truck from columbus to cleveland we don't make them make any test. we give them their license. they're already qualified. thi served in the military. we're not screwing around. here it is. you do what you want. if you're e.m.t. you go to work in the fire department. what, give you tes
you know, the bureaucracy of the pentagon doesn't get the information to the states. we're trying to do this in ohio. i would do it nationally. that the veteran and their family needs to know that when that veteran is home there will be a job opening for them. here's the reason. there are many job openings in this state not filled. there are, i just saw the other day i think there's 186,000 job openings in ohio. lots of job openings. no one to fill it. the veterans, they would hire a veteran in...
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you ask anybody in the pentagon if they would be willing to trade the u.s. arsenal, for example, for the russian arsenal, it would be an absolute no. "the walle showing street journal," noting russia's arsenal. but it is not quantity, it is quality? guest: when you're talking about that many nuclear warheads, a couple hundred really does not matter much. the other thing to keep in mind is those are total arsenals both sides. so the ones that are actually deployed on systems that could and there are ones that could be stored, once being stored and waiting to be delivered. if you look in the numbers actually in the fields ready to be launched, those are down around 1600 both sides. obamaeaty that president negotiated and signed in 2011 put a cap on that and puts an stringent verification measures so that both sides know were each side is. not a concern about being surprised or taken advantage of because of the verification measures. host: the headline -- u.s. is overhauling its nuclear arsenal, responding to president trump's tweet, noting the overhaul again u
you ask anybody in the pentagon if they would be willing to trade the u.s. arsenal, for example, for the russian arsenal, it would be an absolute no. "the walle showing street journal," noting russia's arsenal. but it is not quantity, it is quality? guest: when you're talking about that many nuclear warheads, a couple hundred really does not matter much. the other thing to keep in mind is those are total arsenals both sides. so the ones that are actually deployed on systems that could...
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it requires the pentagon to maintain a laser focus on readiness. and it ensures appropriate oversight of our investments both at home and abroad. mr. speaker, this is unfortunately a dangerous time in the world. american adversaries are on the march. threatening global stability and territorial integrity of our friends and our allies. these threats range from russia's invasion of ukraine to communist china's continued pressure on taiwan and our pacific allies, to iran's quest for nuclear weapons. and to north korea's continued testing of intercontinental missiles. the united states does not seek armed conflict, but we will be prepared to meet should it seek us out. i would remind this house of the words of ronald reagan, quote, peace is the condition under which mankind was meant to flourish. yet peace does not exist on its own will. it depends on the courage to build it and to guard it and to pass it on to future generations. in taking up h.r. 2670 we are continuing that tradition. we are continuing to build our armed forces to meet and confront a
it requires the pentagon to maintain a laser focus on readiness. and it ensures appropriate oversight of our investments both at home and abroad. mr. speaker, this is unfortunately a dangerous time in the world. american adversaries are on the march. threatening global stability and territorial integrity of our friends and our allies. these threats range from russia's invasion of ukraine to communist china's continued pressure on taiwan and our pacific allies, to iran's quest for nuclear...
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i trust the pentagon to design a 21st century military to make 21st century security threats. what will you spend it on, says the republicans, they said see me later. they say we have this huge debt so we will cut taxes $5 trillion more over the next decade and we're going to pay for that by including exemptions. which ones and how much will you say? see me after the election. [laughter] if you have an arithmetic problem to solve and you want to get from negatiuve to zero, would your first move to add - 7? [laughter] this is their strategy. i am not making this up. [applause] i am saying this because on this day of all days, we should know that there are good and noble people who work for the government. i remember when the oklahoma city bombing occurred before 9/11 and that was the biggest terrorist incident united states had seen. a man who had bitten my secret service detail had transferred there because he thought it would be a great place to raise his children and he was killed that day. along with other people. like every other politician, i had gotten up set on occasion
i trust the pentagon to design a 21st century military to make 21st century security threats. what will you spend it on, says the republicans, they said see me later. they say we have this huge debt so we will cut taxes $5 trillion more over the next decade and we're going to pay for that by including exemptions. which ones and how much will you say? see me after the election. [laughter] if you have an arithmetic problem to solve and you want to get from negatiuve to zero, would your first move...
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the pentagon is a joke. most employers search employee'' backgrounds. guest: this is something we found pretty surprising, frankly, and it was a real blind spot for background investigators. because you are not required to disclose your social media history, there is not necessarily anything for them to go on. had they decided to go on social media and look for, may be public things he had tweeted or posted on other public sites, that would not get investigators to the inside of the servers on discord he was a member of, where all of these problematic activities work occurring. host: alexandria, virginia. independent line. caller: i wanted to talk about how, you know, with anybody who leaks information, it is almost a guarantee that they are going to be blackballed or information is going to be used against them to discredit them. especially with the julian assange case, any something is leaked about the government they somehow make this person terrible. you know, we found, x, y, z, but really what the matter is, is in the case of ukraine we provided th
the pentagon is a joke. most employers search employee'' backgrounds. guest: this is something we found pretty surprising, frankly, and it was a real blind spot for background investigators. because you are not required to disclose your social media history, there is not necessarily anything for them to go on. had they decided to go on social media and look for, may be public things he had tweeted or posted on other public sites, that would not get investigators to the inside of the servers on...
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we must have a secretary of defense who will manage and not be managed by the pentagon. and, we must have a foreign decencyhat reflects the and the principles and the values of the american people. president reagan has set the stage for deep cuts in nuclear arms and i support him with that. he has said that we should judge the soviet union not by what it says but by what it does and i agree with that. but, we can do a lot more to stop the spread of chemical and nuclear arms in this world. we can do a lot more to bring peace to central america and the middle east. and, we can and we will do a lot more to end apartheid in south africa. [cheers and applause as bracket applause] and john kennedy once said that america leads the world not just because we are the strongest were the biggest, but because we lead the challenge across the globe and because as in his words, we're moving on the road to peace. always be prepared to defend our freedom but we must always remember that our greatest strength comes not from what we possess but from what we believe. not from what we have b
we must have a secretary of defense who will manage and not be managed by the pentagon. and, we must have a foreign decencyhat reflects the and the principles and the values of the american people. president reagan has set the stage for deep cuts in nuclear arms and i support him with that. he has said that we should judge the soviet union not by what it says but by what it does and i agree with that. but, we can do a lot more to stop the spread of chemical and nuclear arms in this world. we...
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the pentagon has been responding. what do we know about the recommendations from the pentagon? publiclyat has been reported is secretary mattis has made the recommendation he will continue to move forward with the retention policy put in place in october of 2016. trans service members currently and actively serving will continue to be allowed to do so. that has also not changed. when president trump put in his guidance in august of last year, he asked the secretary to look at this issue. advocated with other organizations with lawsuits in federal court that put injunctions in place so those service members have been serving. our understanding is the secretary has made the recommendation he wants to continue with that policy. host: that recommendation was made in private according to "the hill." the contents will remain private. why keep something like that private? why not disclose it publicly? in secretaryt mattis' head. i don't know what those private conversations had. your guess would be as good as private.hy to keep it is a breakw if it with each other. lastdent trump twee
the pentagon has been responding. what do we know about the recommendations from the pentagon? publiclyat has been reported is secretary mattis has made the recommendation he will continue to move forward with the retention policy put in place in october of 2016. trans service members currently and actively serving will continue to be allowed to do so. that has also not changed. when president trump put in his guidance in august of last year, he asked the secretary to look at this issue....
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host: a headline this morning in "new york times" says -- reads that pentagon leaders are wary of working with the taliban. "this is a ruthless group." a briefing yesterday by the defendant -- -- at the pentagon talked about how they would treat the taliban and isis-k. [video clip] >> we don't know what the future of the taliban is, but i can tell you from personal experience that this is a ruthless group from the past, and whether or not they change remains to be seen, and as far as our dealings with them at that airfield or in the past year or so, you and work, you do what you must in order to reduce risk to mission and force, not necessarily what you want to do. >> any coordination possibilities against isis-k, do you think? >> it is possible. secretary austen: going forward, bob, i would not want to make any productions. i would tell you we will do everything we can to make sure we remain focused on isis-k, understand the network, and at a time of our choosing in the future hold them accountable for what they have done. host: andrew mines, let me follow on that with a question from a
host: a headline this morning in "new york times" says -- reads that pentagon leaders are wary of working with the taliban. "this is a ruthless group." a briefing yesterday by the defendant -- -- at the pentagon talked about how they would treat the taliban and isis-k. [video clip] >> we don't know what the future of the taliban is, but i can tell you from personal experience that this is a ruthless group from the past, and whether or not they change remains to be...
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sometimes people will say that the americans may be very good at ai time the pentagon is not going to be as good as integrating it because we are a prisoner of legacy systems. if you own a lot of carriers, you are going to invest less in unmanned drones which could destroy your legacy. it would be like the calvary. is there a problem here? carriers will actually be better at moving ahead by integrating ai then we inertia?se of >> we are very invested in legacy systems. that is all true and i think the hard thing for the united states in an environment or the chinese have created a range or is goingin that zone to be vulnerable to be struck down, we have to figure out how to be able to operate out that or inside that range. point thet some additional battle group, if you actually took that money and invested it in all the capabilities of the existing again.make it effective it is cyber, autonomy, leveraging ai for all of that. buying capability a trade-off. navy't mean to pick on the . it is true for every service. they will have that question. where is it where it makes more sense for
sometimes people will say that the americans may be very good at ai time the pentagon is not going to be as good as integrating it because we are a prisoner of legacy systems. if you own a lot of carriers, you are going to invest less in unmanned drones which could destroy your legacy. it would be like the calvary. is there a problem here? carriers will actually be better at moving ahead by integrating ai then we inertia?se of >> we are very invested in legacy systems. that is all true...
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the pentagon is going against all the republicans. this is outrageous. the little girl dodging her head up and down, we know what she is coming from. the first four months of this year, has been the warmest in history. this little blonde that works for "wall street journal" bobbing her head up and down is a liar. 97% of scientist in this country and around the world agree with me. guest: as i said, i do agree with the scientists that say climate change is caused by fossil fuel burning, that is what i think. i think there should be a conversation about how the u.s. government should go about climate change and i have seen a shift among certain republicans that instead of denying climate change and humans are a factor, and are starting to talk about what kind of response there should be. we have a host of different responses, some regulations there working on to address it. republicans do not support those, naturally. is a conversation to happen about how the government should go about addressing climate change. host: do any of them serves as heads of comm
the pentagon is going against all the republicans. this is outrageous. the little girl dodging her head up and down, we know what she is coming from. the first four months of this year, has been the warmest in history. this little blonde that works for "wall street journal" bobbing her head up and down is a liar. 97% of scientist in this country and around the world agree with me. guest: as i said, i do agree with the scientists that say climate change is caused by fossil fuel...
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the disruption at the pentagon has been enormous. they need a fully confirmed secretary of defense immediately, to begin to thoroughly clean up that mess and get the pentagon back to being as effective as it needs to be. and also, and i will not belabor this point at all, we have a complex threat environment. all right? let's just say that. we heard about it on the committee today. about china and russia and iran, the middle east, north korea, not to mention the domestic insurrection that we all witnessed here just a couple weeks ago. there is an urgency to this. if there wasn't an urgency to this, i would have waited a week and said, ok, let's take however time people can figure out their ratios and pick their members and whatever. there is an urgency, so instead of having a public hearing, we had a very, very successful briefing. this house, this time has done its job in a way that it didn't four years ago. when we simply took mattis, didn't hear from him and voted on it. that was minor point of whether or not we mark this up in co
the disruption at the pentagon has been enormous. they need a fully confirmed secretary of defense immediately, to begin to thoroughly clean up that mess and get the pentagon back to being as effective as it needs to be. and also, and i will not belabor this point at all, we have a complex threat environment. all right? let's just say that. we heard about it on the committee today. about china and russia and iran, the middle east, north korea, not to mention the domestic insurrection that we...
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airspace no threat, pentagon says." interested to hear what your thoughts are on that or on any other topic related to politics and public policy. elroy is first in texas, line for democrats. caller: good morning, young lady. let's put them on a six-year term, get rid of their pension, they would fix medicare overnight. let's do that! thank you so much. host: brenda in robbinsville, republican line. caller: hello? host: hello, brenda. caller: hey. i wanted to make a comment about the chinese spy balloon. i do not think they should shoot it down right now. there may be some kind of virus released. or anything. i would wait until it is out over the ocean. host: mike is next in napa, california, independent line. caller: it is curious that this is coinciding, the chinese balloon is coinciding with the chinese new year. curious if they are going to drop their payload of fortune cookies. host: you don't think it is a big deal, mike? caller: pardon me? host: do not think the spy balloon is a big deal? caller: no. host: all ri
airspace no threat, pentagon says." interested to hear what your thoughts are on that or on any other topic related to politics and public policy. elroy is first in texas, line for democrats. caller: good morning, young lady. let's put them on a six-year term, get rid of their pension, they would fix medicare overnight. let's do that! thank you so much. host: brenda in robbinsville, republican line. caller: hello? host: hello, brenda. caller: hey. i wanted to make a comment about the...
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one was 10-15 years ago you did the attack on the pentagon shoppers. 25% cut in dod acquisitions. that turns a lot of the over to theprocess contractors. did not work out particularly well. as far as expediting picture meant, every time anybody suggests beating up the process, gets in theress and says you are going too fast, we need to regulate and slow the whole thing down. problem, we have discovered the enemy, and it is us. how do you get those contradictory things that if you turn the industry loose, they ,nd up complicating the process and how does congress get out of y?e way to go ga >> anand gao. is i thinkthe first you are right, we contribute to the problem. the first thing is to understand how we contribute to the problem. beginning of finding solutions is understanding. secondly, i think it is a really good point, and i do not know if this analogy works or not, but walmart tolerates a certain , becausee of shrinkage if they absolutely prevented shoplifting from everyone of their stores they would frisk you coming and goings, and it is not worth the stores -- not worth t
one was 10-15 years ago you did the attack on the pentagon shoppers. 25% cut in dod acquisitions. that turns a lot of the over to theprocess contractors. did not work out particularly well. as far as expediting picture meant, every time anybody suggests beating up the process, gets in theress and says you are going too fast, we need to regulate and slow the whole thing down. problem, we have discovered the enemy, and it is us. how do you get those contradictory things that if you turn the...
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we have heard the pentagon complain they cannot get angst on quickly. they do not have a long window before we might have to face a taiwan contingency. should the u.s. be looking at investing in asymmetric contingency? >> absolutely. you see some services like the marine corps, the air force, really leading the modernization effort. other services like the navy and the army are dragging their feet, not moving quickly enough. i do not think any of the services are moving quickly enough. congressman gallagher and i wrote an op-ed as marine veterans defending the commandants push for modernization. these efforts to make room for rockets and missiles and drones. all things that will make the frontline infantry platoon more lethal, more effective than it is today. but, this is a fast-moving process. while we defend the commandant efforts, our criticism was that he is not moving fast enough. you have on the other hand, said forces dragging their feet. this is a huge risk. china is modernizing a lot faster than we are. in some respects when we look back, russi
we have heard the pentagon complain they cannot get angst on quickly. they do not have a long window before we might have to face a taiwan contingency. should the u.s. be looking at investing in asymmetric contingency? >> absolutely. you see some services like the marine corps, the air force, really leading the modernization effort. other services like the navy and the army are dragging their feet, not moving quickly enough. i do not think any of the services are moving quickly enough....
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the pentagon budget is running amuck. this is taxpayer dollars which should be at least audited and the pentagon should be held accountable. again, this amendment would hold harmless the people who serve in the military or who work at the pentagon and their families. the c.b.o. has demonstrated that we can trim the pentagon budget without compromising security and doing so we free up resources to invest in our country and in our people. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time is up. the gentleman from alabama is recognized. mr. rogers: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has the last -- mr. rogers: time has expired? with that i'll close. this amendment guts the bill. it harms our service members and their families. it severely weakens our ability to defend ourselves and our allies. it gives -- given putin's atrocities in ukraine and what we're facing in iran, this is the worst time to start slashing defense spending. i urge members to oppose
the pentagon budget is running amuck. this is taxpayer dollars which should be at least audited and the pentagon should be held accountable. again, this amendment would hold harmless the people who serve in the military or who work at the pentagon and their families. the c.b.o. has demonstrated that we can trim the pentagon budget without compromising security and doing so we free up resources to invest in our country and in our people. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment. the...
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travel to south korea and japan next week, his first foreign trip as defense secretary, according to the pentagon. coverage here in washington this week will include the march for life, coming up on friday, the 24th -- 44th anniversary of the wade wade -- roe v. decision. kellyanne conway, the president's advisor, is among the speakers. good afternoon to joe on our republican line. doing?how are you i'm a union carpenter. i support from for the fact that rump he said -- support t for the fact that what he said he was going to do, he is doing. he believes in america. he wants to make america better. he's a businessman. another thing people don't realize if they do their research, just before he got sworn in, obama sat there and gave away $200 million to overseas when other people in the party did not want to do it. as a host, to do something like that, when we have people in america in west virginia and kentucky who are starving and have lost their houses because they shut down the coal mines and everything else, and they don't have anything at all for their family and kids -- here's a guy who wan
travel to south korea and japan next week, his first foreign trip as defense secretary, according to the pentagon. coverage here in washington this week will include the march for life, coming up on friday, the 24th -- 44th anniversary of the wade wade -- roe v. decision. kellyanne conway, the president's advisor, is among the speakers. good afternoon to joe on our republican line. doing?how are you i'm a union carpenter. i support from for the fact that rump he said -- support t for the fact...
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guest: that would be the pentagon's decision, yeah. never mind having to scrub identification and stuff from all of those medical records. i think that's kind of -- it's an abject rejection of the theory that thank we somehow did this to china. that we brought it to china. i don't think they want to give them that inch. host: let's go to new york city. caller: hi. i wanted to ask about the impact f the coronavirus on the acquisition plans of the army, their big six modernization plans. and also in particular the impact on the navy, on the ford, you know, class carrier and its problems and it's other block, by now, the other block sister ships. and as well as the frigate. thank you. guest: all that stuff is a little bit still in flux right now. there have been some army futures command has come out and said, hey, we're still working on our stuff. we're still doing testing. we're still doing the back-end office work that goes into putting those things together. luckily the love that stuff can be done from home. but in terms of when thing
guest: that would be the pentagon's decision, yeah. never mind having to scrub identification and stuff from all of those medical records. i think that's kind of -- it's an abject rejection of the theory that thank we somehow did this to china. that we brought it to china. i don't think they want to give them that inch. host: let's go to new york city. caller: hi. i wanted to ask about the impact f the coronavirus on the acquisition plans of the army, their big six modernization plans. and also...
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that is mostly like 96% at the pentagon. it also includes the energy department nuclear weapons program, the energy part -- department is the atomic warheads and bombs development and procurement where the delivery systems for those weapons, like submarines, aircraft, missiles, are overseen by the pentagon. host: how much did president biden one and how much was added? and why? guest: so the $850 billion compares to an 813 billion dollar biden request. it is about 5% more than the president requested and 10% more than the fiscal 20 level of spending. so it is a decent rate -- raise for the defense budget. host: is that typical that congress goes higher than the president? guest: yes, very typical. as we can talk a little bit about how they in many cases provide not just more than the president asks for, the official budget request, but more than the top generals and admirals even ask for in what has become an addendum to the official request called what we call wish lists or officially unfunded priorities lists of aliens and
that is mostly like 96% at the pentagon. it also includes the energy department nuclear weapons program, the energy part -- department is the atomic warheads and bombs development and procurement where the delivery systems for those weapons, like submarines, aircraft, missiles, are overseen by the pentagon. host: how much did president biden one and how much was added? and why? guest: so the $850 billion compares to an 813 billion dollar biden request. it is about 5% more than the president...
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are not available to the pentagon or accessible? they are widely so. we had a brouhaha about object and in -- project maven google withdrawing. the ability to assimilate this -- on the personal side i don't see substantial members of people in the uniformed military service capable of understanding this in a way that private companies would especially value. the number of people who were good at artificial intelligence in a serious way within the military service in uniform and the younger ranks which is the only place they are is probably countable on the fingers of both hands. in each service. if you in fact -- if those people are extraordinarily good we push out the services because the private sector says we have real responsibility. it is much easier for the armed services to respond to this by there is this external problem we need to establish. everyone says about artificial intelligence, jack clark said in the previous panel . the armed service generates huge amounts of data. what they do with it is essentially throw away. they do not invest in
are not available to the pentagon or accessible? they are widely so. we had a brouhaha about object and in -- project maven google withdrawing. the ability to assimilate this -- on the personal side i don't see substantial members of people in the uniformed military service capable of understanding this in a way that private companies would especially value. the number of people who were good at artificial intelligence in a serious way within the military service in uniform and the younger...
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oftentimes, we learn the pentagon has not been able to pass audit yet. there are taxpayer dollars that could be better used in developing housing in our own country in terms of the homeless population, our educational system, strengthening our own economy and creating good paying jobs. we have a lot of taxpayer dollars in the military budget which should be actually used for domestic priorities. that would still leave us with the strongest military and national defense in the world. i would vote to oppose the increase in taxpayer dollars for military spending. i know, until we get that pentagon budget audited and stop this waste, fraud and abuse of your tax dollars, we are going to continue to see military budget grow and see our domestic needs not a priority in the federal budget. host: mark on twitter saying "how many presidents have used force in the past? president obama in syria and iraq. i did not support that. we asked for several occasions for the authorization to use force and there were a couple times when president obama presented one and i be
oftentimes, we learn the pentagon has not been able to pass audit yet. there are taxpayer dollars that could be better used in developing housing in our own country in terms of the homeless population, our educational system, strengthening our own economy and creating good paying jobs. we have a lot of taxpayer dollars in the military budget which should be actually used for domestic priorities. that would still leave us with the strongest military and national defense in the world. i would...
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the guided state capitol and the peridot -- pentagon, that targets of 9/11. yet the department has a role in this to provide a security assessment and a national policy. the department apparently disagrees with you and frankly disagrees with me as the chairman. and they have refused to provide testimony before this committee today. i find that reprehensible. i believe the department should come before this committee to answer why they believe they should not have a role in this when we had a direct threat to the capital and the pentagon yet they do not see it as the role of the department of homeland security to come up with a policy and security assessment to monitor the threat these domestic drones can pose it to the american people. do you have any idea what the rationale was? >> mr. chairman, we specifically followed up in preparation for this hearing, but before that, the gao has a policy of once we issue a recommendation that we do periodic follow-ups because those agencies are not only responsible for reporting to the gao, but they also report to congr
the guided state capitol and the peridot -- pentagon, that targets of 9/11. yet the department has a role in this to provide a security assessment and a national policy. the department apparently disagrees with you and frankly disagrees with me as the chairman. and they have refused to provide testimony before this committee today. i find that reprehensible. i believe the department should come before this committee to answer why they believe they should not have a role in this when we had a...
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what i started working at the pentagon, this became a issue. it took a while for my emailed to be activated and i could not do any work until that was activated because i could not work for my personal email the cadet would not retain record of those emails properly to comply with the presidential records act. every email, every formal document is supposed to be maintained by the u.s. government. the block to the government is a problem and part of how that whole back and forth with president trump started is that the national archive was concerned that documents that were supposed to be retained in part of the records that are important -- they knew that certain documents had been removed. it was already the necessarily concerned about classified documents being removed, just concerns about sets and materials be removed that were not available to the archives and that is how this all got started and they realize along the way that among the documents that had been retained and removed were classified documents. that is an important obligation
what i started working at the pentagon, this became a issue. it took a while for my emailed to be activated and i could not do any work until that was activated because i could not work for my personal email the cadet would not retain record of those emails properly to comply with the presidential records act. every email, every formal document is supposed to be maintained by the u.s. government. the block to the government is a problem and part of how that whole back and forth with president...
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that is mostly like 96% at the pentagon. it also includes the energy department nuclear weapons program, the energy part -- department is the atomic warheads and bombs development and procurement where the delivery systems for those weapons, like submarines, aircraft, missiles, are overseen by the pentagon. host: how much did president biden one and how much was added? and why? guest: so the $850 billion compares to an 813 billion dollar biden request. it is about 5% more than the president requested and 10% more than the fiscal 20 level of spending. so it is a decent rate -- raise for the defense budget. host: is that typical that congress goes higher than the president? guest: yes, very typical. as we can talk a little bit about how they in many cases provide not just more than the president asks for, the official budget request, but more than the top generals and admirals even ask for in what has become an addendum to the official request called what we call wish lists or officially unfunded priorities lists of aliens and
that is mostly like 96% at the pentagon. it also includes the energy department nuclear weapons program, the energy part -- department is the atomic warheads and bombs development and procurement where the delivery systems for those weapons, like submarines, aircraft, missiles, are overseen by the pentagon. host: how much did president biden one and how much was added? and why? guest: so the $850 billion compares to an 813 billion dollar biden request. it is about 5% more than the president...
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. >> when so wheeler is critique has written to just-published essays in "the pentagon labyrinth." >> they have the power to go to war, the power of the purse, the power to investigate. the first two powers, to go to war and of the purse, are meaningless if congress does not exercise the power to investigate. and it is not doing that. >> see the rest of the interview tonight on c-span. and this morning a reporter's roundtable, on this week's budget showdown between...
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pentagon 70% of college students say they have been sexually coerced. girls and young men tep experienced the highest rates of intimate partner almost triple the national average. eight states do not have dating relationships in their definition of domestic violence and that is a problem because they don't recognize it. on the federal level we recognize dating violence and that is a crime. currently there is one juvenile domestic court in the country and i believe that's in new york. one of the things that came up in the previous section -- session and the importance of language when dealing with the youth, in dealing with talking about teen dating violence and that is language. as you know, some of us who have teenagers, they speak their own language. they have their own code. they don't necessarily refer tore boyfriend and girlfriend relationships like we used to do. they use terms like hook up and things like that. if you are not in tune to the language they speak, it hard to teach them that teen dating violence is not a healthy way to be in a relati
pentagon 70% of college students say they have been sexually coerced. girls and young men tep experienced the highest rates of intimate partner almost triple the national average. eight states do not have dating relationships in their definition of domestic violence and that is a problem because they don't recognize it. on the federal level we recognize dating violence and that is a crime. currently there is one juvenile domestic court in the country and i believe that's in new york. one of the...